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Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the ...
Nikita Mikhalkov is a Russian filmmaker and actor with a prestigious background and a long list of awards. He is known for his roles in "Burnt by the Sun", "The Barber of Siberia" and "12", among others.
- January 1, 1
- 1.87 m
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
- Slave of Love, 1975. One of the first successful films by Mikhalkov is a drama about silent film stars who, together with the film crew, run away from Moscow, which has just been captured by the Bolsheviks, to shoot a film on the Black Sea, hoping that the nightmare will soon end.
- Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano, 1977. One of the best screen adaptations of Chekhov's works, the film is based on the play Platonov and motifs from some stories.
- Dark Eyes, 1987. Dark Eyes is Mikhalkov's most famous film outside of Russia. In it the director once again turned to Chekhov, to his famous short story Lady with a Lapdog, about an accidental meeting between a successful employee of a Moscow bank and a provincial married woman at a seaside resort, about an unexpected love that turns into a tragic dual between passion and family obligation.
- Burnt by the Sun, 1994. This is the most successful film out of the trilogy about Division Commander Kotov (played by Mikhalkov), a faithful communist who was one of Stalin's favorites, but right before the war, as with many of the dictator's pets, was arrested.
Learn about Nikita Mikhalkov, a prominent figure in Russian cinema, who won the Golden Lion and the Academy Award. Explore his biography, filmography, awards, and family background.
Possessing an impeccable artistic pedigree, actor-writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov prospered during the Soviet era and survived the collapse of Communism, becoming his country's best-known...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit33%Fresh audience score. 87%ProducerNo Score YetNo Score YetUnknown (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetProducerNo Score YetNo Score YetProducerNikita Mikhalkov - Director. Nationality: Russian. Born: Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky in Moscow, 21 October 1945. Education: Studied acting at the Stanislavsky Theater Children's Studio and the Chuksin School of the Vakhtangov Theater; studied directing under Mikhail Romm at VGIK, the State Film Institute in Moscow.
Nikita Mikhalkov is the best-known Russian director of the late-Soviet and post-Soviet period. Mikhalkov was born in Moscow to a family of accomplished painters, writers, and arts administrators.
